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Old 01-30-2003, 12:56 AM   #1
Grim Reaper
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Installation of NVidia drivers...


/me reads all your minds and comes out with *GROAN!* not another Nvidia driver installation problem!

hehe, sorry guys, but i can't work this one out...I've done a search on here and tried google, with no luck

Now, I downloaded the Linux-AMD64 two driver files, and I'm trying to install the first one: NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4180.tar.gz

I get these errors when i type 'make install'

Code:
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -1`\" > nv_compiler.h
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar  -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -mcmodel=kernel -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE  -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=4180    -DNV_UNIX  -DNV_LINUX  -DNV_INT64_OK  -DNV_64_BITS  -DNVCPU_X86_64   -I. -I/lib/modules/2.4.18/build/include -Wno-cast-qual nv.c
cc1: Invalid option `cmodel=kernel'
nv.c: In function `nv_agp_translate_address':
nv.c:2756: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
make: *** [nv.o] Error 1
Maybe I've downloaded the wrong package? They don't exactly explain the difference between the Linux IA32 Display Drivers, Linux IA64 Display Drivers and Linux AMD64 Drivers. I just assumed, seeings as i have an AMD CPU (Athlon 1gig) then I'd grab that package, heh...maybe thats whats causing these compiling problems?

Also, the card is a Geforce2 MX.
 
Old 01-30-2003, 10:04 AM   #2
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I installed from the src.rpm files on red Hat 8.0....no problems at all.

I guess the IA32 drivers are for 32bit PCs (most of us will have these I guess), and the IA64 for 64bit machines (only the latest P4 and Athlons will be 64bit)....guess you got the wrong package

Last edited by JezzerP; 01-30-2003 at 10:10 AM.
 
Old 01-30-2003, 03:38 PM   #3
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rofl, k...ill give the others a shot...ill grab the IA32 ones...


that got it going

Last edited by Grim Reaper; 01-31-2003 at 12:33 AM.
 
  


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